Floods from plains to East Coast threaten renewed misery
Ice choked rivers drove thousands from homes as Meadow River overflowed at East Rainelle in West Virginia, worst in ten years. Floods spread across Pennsylvania and New York with creeks over banks, while Nebraska faced city-damaging jams and sandbag battles. Death toll rose to 10 in Missouri and others in Illinois Kansas Michigan Iowa Nebraska. Red Cross says over 4,000 affected across six states.
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Plains States
West Virginia
Meadow River
East Rainelle
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio River
Warren
New York
Syracuse
Onondaga Lake
Nebraska
Prairie
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
Iowa
American Red Cross
South Dakota
Officials Eye Local Streams
City engineers monitor Shenango River Neshannock Creek and Mahoning River levels as dredging aims to speed runoff. Local businesses report basement seepage. officials note no flood but monitor flash floods and sewers unable to handle surge. Asst. City Engineer Ferrell oversees federal relief program.
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Daniel B. Woolcock
Shenango
Neshannock
Mahoning
al Barletto
Clausen Co
Croton Ave
Robert Ferrell
Ferrell
Campaign by Negroes to integrate lunch counters grows
The second month of a campaign to integrate Southern lunch counters ends with near riot scenes in Texas and a cautious compromise proposal in North Carolina. Police used fire hoses on 150 demonstrators in Marshall, Texas, while about 5,000 Negro students marched on Baton Rouge and a Nashville prayer meeting drew participants from both races. The movement, beginning Feb 1 in Greensboro, NC, spans nearly all Southern states and prompts a North Carolina mayor to propose a 60 day integration trial under police watch. At Greensboro area, A&T College President Warmoth Gibbs notes peaceful student conduct amid perceived stake in basic rights. In Nashville, a racially mixed protest outside Mayor West’s office saw arrests but no police intervention. Marshall’s Wiley and Bishop college students protested arrests of demonstrators, facing police action. In Baton Rouge, Southern University students walked out to the capitol steps. 18 were suspended or expelled for participating.
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United Press International
South
Texas
North Carolina
Marshall
Tex
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Nashville, Tenn
Mississippi
Greensboro
N.C
High Point
Jesse Washburn
North Carolina A&t College
Warmoth T. Gibbs
Ben West
Nashville
Wiley and Bishop Colleges
Southern University
Capitol
Census Enumerators To March Tomorrow
Census work for the 1960 United States count begins tomorrow with enumerators carrying red, white and blue badges and a portfolio labeled 1960 Census of the United States. Officials warn against impostors and urge residents to verify credentials and call police if misrepresentation occurs. Delbert D. Denniston urges residents who did not receive mail forms to contact the post office and notes households can help by identifying neighbors, especially those abroad. Pope John XXIII elevates seven new cardinals including the church's first Black, Japanese, and Filipino cardinals, increasing the College of Cardinals to 88 with three secret appointees.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
United States
Census Bureau
The
Delbert D. Denniston
Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
College of Cardinals
B 47 Explodes In Collision At Little Rock
A B 47 bomber exploded and crashed into a southwest Little Rock neighborhood after a collision with a civilian plane. Four crew were on board, with First Lt. Thomas G. Smoak bailing out and hospitalized. The incident damaged homes on Ninth and Summit Streets. a fire followed the wreckage.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Air Force
Ninth
Summit Streets
Federal Aviation Agency
Mayflower
Lee Jackman
John Haslam
Little Rock Air Force Base
Thomas G. Smoak
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Herbert J. Aldridge
Reynolds J. Watson
I. E. Brose
AFL-CIO Heads Endorse Sen Symington For President
Two AFL-CIO vice presidents James Carey and George Harrison endorsed Sen Stuart Symington of Missouri for president marking the first major labor endorsement in the 1960 campaign. They praised his humanitarianism liberal record and belief in genuine collective bargaining and predicted his nomination and election.
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Carey
Harrison
Symington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nick Neely 12 leaps to world parachuting record
Twelve year old Nick Neely, weighing 70 pounds, jumped from a Cessna 172 at Sky lark Airport at 3500 feet and deployed a parachute, becoming believed the world's youngest parachutist. He packed his own chute and trained for a year under his father Roland and parachutist Joe Parker, watched by his mother Betty.
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Nick Neely
Donald L. Neff
Anaheim
Calif
UPI
Skylark
Nick
Southern California
Parachute Club of America
Roland
Joe Parker
Betty
Parker
Weather Outlook Turns Warmer Then Cooler With Rain
Cloudy and cooler today with a few showers. Highs 46 to 56, tonight 32 to 40 with ending rain. Friday brightening with sun and milder highs 56 to 65. 24 hour stats show max 74 min 49 rainfall .30 inches. River at 14.1 feet.
Cows Die In Electric Fence Accident At Farm
At George Young farm in New Castle Neshannonk Falls Rd two cows were electrocuted after a calf caused a disturbance near a live fence. Mrs. Young blamed wet ground and six inches of mud for allowing enough current to kill two cattle and leave one calf motherless.
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George Young
New Castle-Neshannock Falls
Witnesses Describe Casacchia Slaying of 17 Year Old Bride
Defense says Nunzio Casacchia will re enact the shooting of Carolyn Taylor Retort at his Superior Street home as he testifies. Casacchia pleaded guilty to killing the 17 year old divorcee after an argument. Case details include how he allegedly said he got mad and shot the girl after a night of drinking and a visit to Traveler's Inn. The gun used was a 32 caliber revolver purchased December 1955 for 16.50 plus 4.50 holster and 3.10 shells.
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Nunzio F. Casacchia
Carolyn Taylor
Superior St
Casacchia
Nord
Johnson Bronze
Traveler's Inn
Gether
William Tebay
Nesbitt Rd
Rohrer
Tebay
Frank L. Coen
Obituary Notices of Several Locals Released
Mrs. Jemima J Barnsley 87 of 901 Meegan Ave Mrs Lula I Donaldson 74 of Tampa Fla Mrs Ivadella Missey 74 of 840 Savannah Rd John H Johnston 84 of 249 W Grant St and Mrs Julia Carper of Elwood City are listed with ages and addresses in a local death notice snippet.
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Jemima J. Barnsley
Meegan Ave
Lula I. Donaldson
Tampa
Fla
Ivadella Missey
Savannah Rd
John H. Johnston
W. Grant St
Lent as a time for renewal and growth message
The Lent season is an opportunity for renewal and growth says Archbishop Arthur Lichtenberger. The message urges steady Christian practice beyond forty days, emphasizing fasting from criticism fear pride and other vices while feasting on praise peace contentment love humility and service.
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Arthur Lichtenberger
Protestant Episcopal Church
UPI
Three Killed and Eleven Rescued From Atlantic Crash
A KC-97 tanker ditched in the Atlantic 43 miles east of Cape Canaveral. Coast Guard helicopters and ships rescued 11 survivors during the night and early morning. a Navy destroyer recovered three bodies. The Air Force said nine remaining crew were at MacDill Air Force Base. Weather improved with five-foot swells as a large search tapered to a smaller force.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Air Force
Air Forces
Richard Geiger
David Hansnn
John P. Rogers
Charles J. Hefner
John W. Owens
George C. Jerigan Jr
Walter C. Birge Jr
Richard M. Weinberg
Luis E. Ramirez
Robert Ob. Yates
Joe H. Taft
The
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Extension Granted for 1960 Auto Tags in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg UPI report states Pennsylvania motorists gain 96 extra hours to secure 1960 automobile registration stickers. The deadline extended from midnight tonight to April 4 due to late year registration changes. State Revenue Secretary Charles M. Dougherty cited shifts in station wagon classification, fee changes, and sales tax collection responsibility as the cause.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
State Revenue Department
State Revenue
Charles M. Dougherty
General Assembly
April Fools Prank Advice and Mild Weather
An advisory note says ignore anonymous calls the next day and laugh off jokey questions about living in a zoo or selling Mazupalis seed. It mentions April Fools Day with lighthearted tone and notes mild warm weather at sixty seven degrees.
Inside Today's News NEWS PHONES
Classified blurbs show want ads for oil and related services with phone contacts 4-6651 and 8-8511. The snippet reflects a midcentury local classifieds style with brief notices and telephone lines. It reads as an index page fragment rather than a full article.
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Thruston B. Morton
Ezra T. Benson
Morton
Midwest
Daily Weather Report
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Brantley Burns
Brantley
Fadward B. Burns
University of Virginia Engineering
Charlottesville
Julia Carper
Elwood City
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